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Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
That's crazy talk. They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. Al Gore said so. 

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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Al should know.........he invented the internet
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
That would be "Owl" GoreAppSt94 wrote:That's crazy talk. They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. Al Gore said so.
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Amen brother!!!PhillyApp1 wrote:Al should know.........he invented the internet![]()
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Somebody, please go on Wikipedia and change that.
(That's why wikipedia is not a primary source, b/c one can change it.) One might surmise that a Catamount is responsible somehow for that error.
(That's why wikipedia is not a primary source, b/c one can change it.) One might surmise that a Catamount is responsible somehow for that error.
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Now might be a good time to plug me "Scouring the Internet" I was trying to do back in August.AppAlum1 wrote:Somebody, please go on Wikipedia and change that.
(That's why wikipedia is not a primary source, b/c one can change it.) One might surmise that a Catamount is responsible somehow for that error.
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
You're right, it says nothing about length/distance in there.appst89 wrote:The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
3,280 feet above sea level
3,330 feet above sea level
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
So it sounds like we are now back to being able to believe everything on Wikipedia now that we have this all sorted out?AppAttack wrote:You're right, it says nothing about length/distance in there.appst89 wrote:The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
3,280 feet above sea level
3,330 feet above sea level
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Technically, the track has an infinite length. May the circle be unbroken. 

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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Or you could go around it all day and have a displacement vector of zero.AppinVA wrote:Technically, the track has an infinite length. May the circle be unbroken.
Infinity = zero it would seem.
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:Or you could go around it all day and have a displacement vector of zero.AppinVA wrote:Technically, the track has an infinite length. May the circle be unbroken.
Infinity = zero it would seem.
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Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
appst89 wrote:The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
Then that would mean there is 53 feet difference in elevation. I don't believe that to be true.
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